Carbureter.



.T W. WOOD.

GARBURETER.

APPLIoATroN FILED ooT.z4.19oa.

Patented may 4, 1909.

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OF MOBILE, ALA BANA.

CARBURE TER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, i909.

Application filed October 24, 1908. Serial No. 459,396.

g Alabama, have invented certain new and uselul improvements in Carlnu'eters, olI which the lollowing is a specification, rel'ercnce being had to the ings.

This invention relates to improvements in carbureteus and particularly to that class which are portable and adapted l'or supplying an illuminating lluid to lime light burners and the like.

rThe object oll the invention is to provide an improved carbureter especially adapted l'or saturating oxygen with. ether vl'or use in a linie light burner.

YWith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ol' the novel Vfeatures ol' construction and the combination and arrangement ol` parts hereinafter fully described and claimed7 and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, with parts in section, ol' the improved carbureting apparatus F 2 is a horizontal section taken on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 in Fig. 1 g and Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 in Fig. 2.

In the drawings 1 denotes a lime light burner or its equivalent, 2 an oxygen tank and 3 the improved hydro-ether saturater or carlniret er. The tank 2 has a suitable outlet valve 4 at its top and it is detachably connected by a coupling or connection 5 to one end ol a gas supply pipe 6. A suitable pressure gage 7 is connected to the pipe intermediate its ends and also included in said pipe is an outlet or `connection 8 containing a suitable needle valve 9 which controls the passage olI oxygen through a flexible tube or pipe 10 l'rom the pipe 6 to the burner 1 The other end of the supply pipe 6 is detachably connected by a coupling or connection 11 to aT-connection 12 having a branch 13 extending into the saturater 3 and containing a needle valve 14 'for controlling the passage o'll oxygen gas from the pipe 6 to the branch or pipe 13. rFhe saturater 3 comprises an inner hermetically sealed body 15 preferably ol' cylindrical form and constructed oi` tin or other sheet metal coated with copper, and it also comprises an outer cylindrical jacket 16 which surrounds the body and is formed with perl'orations 17. Said jacket is preferably accompanying draw- 1 constructed o1' nickel plated brass or equivl alent material which will protect the body 1 l and give a neat appearance to the generator, l and also allow ventilation. ol the body and keep the latter cool. The branch 13 ol' the i connection 12 is in the Vforni ol'l a small tube l, extending centrally in the body 15 to a point j adjacent to its lower end and disi'iharging l into a spreading head or boX 18 which it supi ports. Said box is l'ornied in its top with j perl'orationsQ which will cause the oxygen to be spread. or disseminated throughout thel j body 3. The latter is adapted to be packed j with cotton, as shown at 20, and the ether is j supplied to it through a screw connection 21 j 1n its top. l Arranged in the upper portion ol the body l is an inverted cone-shaped basket 22 constructed o1' woven wire and adapted to provide a gas mixing chamber. j extending through l l 23 denotes a gage cock the jacket 16 and opening into the body 15 at a point suitably distant 'from the bottom of the latter. An outlet pipe or connection I 24 is provided in the top ot' the body 15 and contains a valve 25 .for controlling the passage of gas from the saturater through a flexible tube or pipe 26 to the burner 1.

The operation of the invention is as follows: Ether is supplied to the body 16 ol 1 the saturator through the filling connection 21, and it is then connected to one end of the pipe 6 by means of the connection or coupling .11. while the oxygen tank 2 is conl nected to the other end ot' said pipe by the connection or coupling 5. To start the apparatus, the valve 4l. is first opened, then the valve 25, and then the valve 14. The burner 1 is then lighted. and the valve 9 is then the proper illumina- To turn j opened slowly to secure tion from the burner or lamp 1. j the apparatus of?, the valve Q is iirst closed, then the valve 141, then the valve 25 and j iinally the valve 1.

Having thus described the invention what l is claimed is: j 1. The hereindescribed carbureter comj prising a cylindrical sheet metal body, a cyl lindrical metal jacket surrounding the body l to reinforce the same and perforated to permit of ventilation for the body, a valve controlled inlet connection at the top of the body7 a pipe depending from said connection j and extending downwardly through the body j and having an open lower end terminating l adjacent to the bottom or' the body, a hollow distributing head having a closed bottom and side wall and a perforated top, the latter also having a central opening to receive the lower end of said pipe, a foraminous cone-shaped partition adjacent to the top of the body to provide a mixing chamber, a filling material in the body around the pipe and between the mixing head and the orarninous partition, means at the top of the body for introducing a liquid therein, a valve controlled outlet at the top of the body, and a gage cock tapped through the acket and body adjacent to the lower end of the latter.

2. The hereindescribed carbureter comprising a body, a j acket surround ing the body to reinforce the saine and. perforated to permit of ventilation for the body, a valve controlled inlet connection at the top of the body, a pipe depending from said connection and extending downwardly through the bottom and having an open lower end terminating adjacent to the bottom of the body, a l

hollow distributing head having a closed bottom and side wall and a perforated top,

the latter also having a central opening to receive the lower end of said pipe, a foraminous cone-shaped partition adjacent to the top of the body to provide a mixing chamber, a filling material in the body around the pipe and between the mixing head and the partition, means at the top of the body adjacent to the lower end of the latter,

a tank, a valve controlled outlet connection at the top of the same, a pipe, a coupling be tween one end of the latter and said valve connection of the tank, aT-connection in the last mentioned pipe, a valve in said T-cony nection, a burner, a. tube connecting the t burner to said valve in the T-conneotlon, a i coupling between the other end of the last i mentioned pipe and the valve-controlled inlet connection at the top of the body of the cai'- bureter and a tube connecting the burner and the valve controlled outlet for the body i of the carbureter.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alIiX my i signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN VESLEY YWOOD. Witnesses EDWARD THOMAS BnLsAw, M. E. BURROUGHS. 

